The Arms Room

car·bine noun \ˈkär-ˌbēn, -ˌbīn\ 1: a short-barreled lightweight firearm originally used by cavalry. ... French carabine , from Middle...

When the time came for the Swiss army to replace their black-powder Vetterli rifles, they cast about for only a few years before settling on...

When Commodore Matthew Perry 's ships dropped anchor in Uraga Harbor in 1853, the insular Japanese were brought face to face with a hars...

In the late 1930s, Imperial Japan's ongoing invasion of China was beginning to place a strain on the ability of her arsenals to keep the...